Well, we made it! Believe me, I have plenty more to follow, but I’ll just touch on a few of the highlights from our drive down here after our stay in the Midwest. My daughter conveniently decided, on the first pit stop, that she will no longer be using any toilets that flush automatically. Given […]
Island Life
The Island Family Big Change Revealed
In a couple of past posts, I alluded to the fact that the Island Family was facing a big change. So, here it is, the big reveal: I stood one morning early last month, with my feet in the ocean, my pant legs already heavy with the weight of salt water. Unlike most mornings, I […]
Latin #7
Root: PED Meaning: foot Words pedometer (n) (meter = measure): measurer of footsteps One year for my birthday, LCB bought me a pedometer, which was supposed to inspire me to greater cardiovascular efforts. It did initially, but its lack of accuracy proved to be more frustrating than inspiring. And soon, even LCB was asking me […]
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part III
Now that we had established that we would likely stay within the U.S., we started turning our attention to which region of the country would best fit our wish list. I knew from the get-go that, whether we dropped anchor within the U.S. or ended up overseas, living by one of the coasts was at […]
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part II
Once we opened up the map of the world, everything changed. Suddenly, every place that came to our attention and every place that we visited became possibilities. This added a new dimension to our travels in particular. Each spring break, we targeted a tropical location, usually an island in the Caribbean or a Mexican beach. […]
A Carolina Island Life: How It Came To Pass, Part I
Several people have asked me how we, as Chicagoans, came to live on an island in the Carolinas, both people I’ve met through this blog and friends who haven’t heard the account in its entirety. The answer to this, like the answer to most things, I sometimes suspect, is in essence a story. And so […]